Shelburne, Village, Ontario (1891 census)

Name: Shelburne, Village (1891)
Address: Ontario, CA

Shelburne, Village was a village in Ontario, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 1,202. The administrative centroid was at approximately 44.085°N, 80.207°W.

Population

In 1891, Shelburne, Village had a population of 1,202: 612 male and 590 female residents. Population density was 1198.3 people per square mile.

Population trajectory across census years

Year	Population
1891	1,202
1901	1,188
1911	1,113
1921	1,072

Cross-year identity established by spatial polygon overlap (SAME_AS chains across the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary files).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1891

In the 1891 census, Shelburne, Village shared boundaries with:

Melancthon

Full census record, 1891

The 1891 census recorded 151 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories. Tables below are collapsible.

Population & families (15 variables)

Variable	Value
Average size of families	4.70
FAM NO	254
Number of families	254
Number of females	590
Number of males	612
Number of married females	208
Number of married males	210
Number of married persons	418
Number of widowed females	21
Number of widowed males	13
Number of widowed persons	34
POP F	590
POP M	612
POP TOT	1,202
Total population	1,202

Age structure (3 variables)

Variable	Value
Number of single females under 18	361
Number of single males under 18	389
Number of single persons under 18	750

Ethnic origin (1 variable)

Variable	Value
Number of persons who are not French Canadian	1,202

Buildings & housing (14 variables)

Variable	Value
Number of houses	252
Number of houses built of brick	86
Number of houses built of stone	3
Number of houses built of wood	163
Number of houses of 1 story	219
Number of houses of 11 to 15 rooms	7
Number of houses of 2 rooms	13
Number of houses of 2 stories	33
Number of houses of 3 rooms	5
Number of houses of 4 rooms	50
Number of houses of 5 rooms	21
Number of houses of 6 to 10 rooms	154
Number of houses of over 15 rooms	2
Number of occupied houses	252

Agriculture (57 variables)

Variable	Value
Acres of barley	17
Acres of farmland in gardens or orchards	68
Acres of farmland in pasture	285
Acres of farmland in woodland or forest	185
Acres of farmland under crops	540
Acres of hay crops	128
Acres of improved land in farms	893
Acres of land in farms	1,078
Acres of oats	143
Acres of potatoes	28
Acres of turnips	6
Acres of wheat	49
BAR AC	17
BAR BU	430
Bushels of barley produced in the past year	430
Bushels of oats produced in the past year	4,300
Bushels of peas produced in the past year	580
Bushels of potatoes produced in the past year	3,935
Bushels of spring wheat produced in the past year	675
Bushels of turnips produced in the past year	1,790
Bushels of winter wheat produced in the past year	75
HAY AC	128
HAY TONS	149
Number of cattle killed or sold in the past year	75
Number of chickens	1,355
Number of ducks	26
Number of farm occupants who own their land	142
Number of farm occupants who rent their land	92
Number of geese	19
Number of horses aged 3 years and under	38
Number of horses aged over 3 years	167
Number of milk cows	112
Number of occupants of farms	234
Number of other cattle	51
Number of other fowl	20
Number of persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres	1
Number of persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres	2
Number of persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres	4
Number of persons living on farms over 200 acres	1
Number of persons living on farms under 10 acres	226
Number of sheep	70
Number of sheep slaughtered or sold	62
Number of swine	120
Number of swine slaughtered or sold	87
Number of turkeys	3
OAT AC	143
OAT BU	4,300
PEA BU	580
POT AC	28
POT BU	3,935
Pounds of coarse wool produced on farms in the past year	166
Pounds of fine wool produced on farms in the past year	125
Pounds of homemade butter	6,485
Tons of hay produced in the past year	149
WHT AC	49
WHT FALL BU	75
WHT SP BU	675

Other recorded variables (61 variables)

Variable	Value
A 101 200	1
A 11 50	2
A 201 PL	1
A 51 100	4
BUTTER LB	6,485
CATTLE KS	75
CHILD AND UNMD FEM	361
CHILD AND UNMD MALE	389
CHILD AND UNMD TOT	750
COARSE WOOL LB	166
COLTS FILLIES	38
DUCKS	26
FAMILIES	254
FAMILIES AV SIZE	4.70
FINE WOOL LB	125
FRN CA	0
GEESE	19
HENS AND CHKN	1,355
HORSES OVR THREE	167
HOUSES	252
HOUSES B	86
HOUSES ELVN TO FIFTN RM	7
HOUSES FIVE RM	21
HOUSES FOUR RM	50
HOUSES ONE STRY	219
HOUSES S	3
HOUSES SIX TO TEN RM	154
HOUSES SIXTN OVR RM	2
HOUSES THREE RM	5
HOUSES TWO RM	13
HOUSES TWO STRY	33
HOUSES W	163
INF 11 A	226
MD FEM	208
MD MALE	210
MD TOT	418
MILK COWS	112
NAME CD	Grey, East—Est
OC F	92
OC P	142
OC TOT	234
OTHER FOWL	20
OTHER HRN CATTLE	51
OTHERS	1,202
SHEEP	70
SHEEP KS	62
SUP AM	893
SUP FOR	185
SUP JV	68
SUP PAT	285
SUP SC	540
SUP TOT	1,078
SWINE	120
SWINE KS	87
TOT DWLG OCC	252
TUR AC	6
TUR BU	1,790
TURKEY	3
WID FEM	21
WID MALE	13
WID TOT	34

Identifiers

TCP UID: ON067009 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON106009 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
Wikidata: not yet grounded. This page covers a place whose persistent identity has not yet been linked to a Wikidata entity. Identification is via TCP UID and spatial polygon only.

Sources

Census tabulations from the 1891 Census of Canada, transcribed and georeferenced by the Canadian Peoples / TCP project, hosted at the HGIS Lab, University of Saskatchewan. Persistent place identity computed from spatial-overlap chains across all available census years (1851–1921). Identity grounding to Wikidata performed via the HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph project's MCP-assisted disambiguation pipeline. See the About / Methodology page for the full data pipeline.

Cite this page

Clifford, J. (2026). "Shelburne, Village, Ontario (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/shelburne-village-on067009-1891/.